A randomized, controlled trial of the efficacy of percutaneous transesophageal gastro-tubing (PTEG) as palliative care for patients with malignant bowel obstruction: the JIVROSG0805 trial
Background A randomized, controlled trial to evaluate the superiority of percutaneous transesophageal gastro-tubing over nasogastric tubing as palliative care for bowel obstruction in patients with terminal malignancy was conducted. Subjects and methods The subjects were patients with malignant bowe...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Supportive care in cancer 2020-06, Vol.28 (6), p.2563-2569 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Background
A randomized, controlled trial to evaluate the superiority of percutaneous transesophageal gastro-tubing over nasogastric tubing as palliative care for bowel obstruction in patients with terminal malignancy was conducted.
Subjects and methods
The subjects were patients with malignant bowel obstruction with no prospect of improvement, for whom surgery was not indicated and with a Palliative Prognostic Index of |
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ISSN: | 0941-4355 1433-7339 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s00520-019-05066-8 |